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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 31

Powers delegated to the Loburn Domain Board under “The Public Domains Act, 1881.”

RANFURLY, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this fifth day of April, 1900.

Present:

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE R. J. SEDDON PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by the twelfth section of “The Public Domains Act, 1881,” it is, inter alia, enacted that the Governor, by Order in Council, may from time to time delegate all or any of the powers by the said Act conferred, save as is therein mentioned, to any person or persons, for any period, and subject to such stipulations as may be specified in such Order, and that every such delegation may from time to time in like manner be altered or revoked: And whereas, pursuant to “The Public Reserves Act, 1881,” by an Order in Council of even date herewith, the land described in the Schedule hereto, situate in the Canterbury Land District, is declared to be brought under the operation of and to be subject to the provisions of the said “Public Domains Act, 1881”:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the Colony of New Zealand, doth hereby, and in respect of the land hereinafter mentioned, delegate all the powers conferred by the said Act, except the powers conferred by sections five and twelve thereof, for the period of ten years from the date hereof (unless previously altered or revoked under the said Act), to the under-mentioned persons, who shall be known as the Loburn Domain Board, namely,—

JAMES WILLIAM ARMSTRONG, of Loburn, farmer;
JAMES BRADY, of Loburn, farmer;
HARRY SOMERVILLE CARMICHAEL, of Loburn, farmer;
ALFRED JOHN CARMICHAEL, of Loburn, farmer; and
PETER IVERACH, of Ashley, blacksmith

(herein referred to as “the Board”), subject to the stipulations hereinafter contained, that is to say,—

1. The Board shall meet for the transaction of business on the third Monday in each month, at half-past seven o’clock p.m., at the Public School, Loburn, or at such other time or place as may from time to time be fixed by the Board. The first meeting shall be held on Monday, the twenty-first day of May, one thousand nine hundred.

2. Special meetings may be convened by the Chairman or by any two members of the Board, provided that two days’ notice of such meeting be given to each member, specifying the business to be transacted at such special meeting; and no other business than that so specified shall be transacted at such meeting.

3. Any three members of the Board shall form a quorum. Any meeting may be adjourned from time to time.

4. The members of the Board shall, at their first meeting, and thereafter at an annual meeting to be held on the third Monday in January in every succeeding year thereafter, elect one of themselves to be Chairman, who may join in the discussion, and shall have an original as well as a casting vote. The Chairman shall hold office until the election of his successor.

5. The Board shall prepare and submit at each annual meeting a report of the proceedings of the Board for the previous year ending on the thirty-first day of December, together with a statement of the receipts and expenditure of the Board for such year. A copy of every such report and statement, certified by the Chairman to be correct, shall be sent to the Minister of Lands as soon as possible after each annual meeting.

6. If at any meeting the Chairman is not present at the time appointed for holding the same, the members present shall choose some one of their number to be chairman of such meeting.

7. If, by resignation, death, or incapacity, or otherwise, the office of Chairman shall be or become vacant, the members may at any monthly or special meeting appoint a Chairman.

8. All questions shall be determined by the majority of votes of the members of the Board present at a meeting.

And with the like advice and consent as aforesaid doth hereby also order that this delegation shall take effect in respect of the parcel of Crown land described in the Schedule hereto.

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SCHEDULE.

ALL that parcel of land in the Canterbury Land District, containing by admeasurement 25 acres, more or less, being Reserve No. 3442, Block II., Rangiora Survey District. Bounded towards the north by a line at right angles to the road forming the eastern boundary of Section No. 4057, to strike the southernmost corner of Section No. 20283; about 110 links; towards the north-east by the River Makerikeri; towards the south-east by Section No. 21206, 1209·4 links; and towards the west by a road-line, about 2600 links: be all the aforesaid linkages more or less: as the same is delineated on the plan deposited in the office of the Chief Surveyor, Christchurch.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

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Powers delegated to the Christchurch Domains Board under “The Public Domains Act, 1881.”

RANFURLY, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this ninth day of April, 1900.

Present:

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE R. J. SEDDON PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities vested in him by “The Public Domains Act, 1881,” His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council thereof, doth hereby revoke a certain Order in Council, dated the ninth day of February, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-five, making delegation of certain powers in manner as therein appears; and doth hereby, with the like advice and consent, and in respect of the land hereinafter mentioned, delegate all the powers conferred by the said Act, except the powers conferred by sections five and twelve thereof, for the period of ten years from the date hereof (unless previously altered or revoked under the said Act), to the under-mentioned persons, who shall be known as the Christchurch Domains Board, namely,—

The Hon. William Rolleston,
Richard James Strachan Harman,
Hugh Percy Murray-Aynsley,
Charles Christopher Bowen,
Sidney Weetman,
William Jacques,
The Mayor of the City of Christchurch,
The Mayor of the Borough of Sydenham,
The Mayor of the Borough of St. Albans,
The Mayor of the Borough of Linwood,
The Chairman of the Selwyn County Council, and
The Chairman of the Riccarton Road Board,

subject to the stipulations hereinafter contained:—

1. The Board shall meet at such times and places as shall be from time to time appointed by the Chairman, or when it shall be convened by him; and the business shall be conducted under such regulations as shall be determined on by the Board.

2. The Board shall keep proper minutes and records of all its proceedings, and full accounts of its receipts and expenditure.

3. The Board shall prepare and submit at each annual meeting a report of the proceedings of the Board for the previous year ending on the thirty-first day of December, together with a statement of the receipts and expenditure of the Board for such year. A copy of every such report and statement, certified by the Chairman to be correct, shall be sent to the Minister of Lands as soon as possible after each annual meeting.

4. This delegation of powers to the Board shall not in any way affect any lease or contract now validly in force in respect of any portion of the lands named in the Schedule hereto, nor any agreement in respect of the dedication of any portion of the said lands to any purpose of public recreation or amusement.

5. None of the powers delegated shall be exercised in respect of the ground occupied by the building known as the Canterbury Museum, or by any building pertaining thereto which has been or may hereafter be erected in connection therewith, or of such enclosures in connection therewith as may be approved by the Board and the Governor. The Trustees of the said Museum, and their officers and servants, shall at all times have the right of ingress and egress to and from the said Museum at such times as shall be determined by the said Trustees.

And with the like advice and consent as aforesaid doth hereby also order that this delegation shall take effect in respect of the parcels of Crown lands described in the Schedule hereto.

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SCHEDULE.

1. THE land commonly known, and described in the Schedule B to “The Canterbury Association’s Ordinance, Session IV., No. 6,” as the Government Domain No. 25: save and except such part of the same as has been duly conveyed to the Corporation of Christ’s College, Canterbury.